3,214 Quotes About Food

How many would protest if restaurants began serving puppy and kitten flesh instead of calves? Robins instead of hens? Squirrels instead of pigs?

Great cooking is all about the three 'p's: patience, presence, and practice.

I didn't feel like I had control over anything else in my life, but food was something I could control, so I did.

Ala!" Echo sprang to her feet, legs tangled in the sheets. The Ala was here. The Ala had brought food. The Ala was a goddess

So—some tomatoes tasted like water, and some tasted like summer lightning.

Polly had a gift for baking pies, and she poured her heart and soul into every one she made.

In ancient Greece, the word for "cook," "butcher," and "priest" was the same -- mageiros -- and the word shares an etymological root with "magic.

Being a humble person, she gave her pie shop a humble name—PIE.

I really like to cook. I used to do it lots for Mom, who's almost as useless as you, and it means I can practice describing all the different dishes. That always makes narratives seem less repetitive - and you can use them as metaphors, too.